The landscape looks something out of a sci-fi movie. Cracks and fissure open up on the roads as plumes of smoke reach out for the sky. Vegetation on the surface is thin as the heat from below has left the land arid and infertile. A sulphurous stench clings to the surface. At night sets the fields around the Jharia take on a surreal effect. Blue flames can be seen dancing on the surface and the fires burning below can be clearly seen through the various cracks on the ground.
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